March 4, 1979
Mary returns with a new format, a kind of show within a show. She plays Mary McKinnon, whose TV variety show provides a vehicle f...Read more
March 11, 1979
Mary tries to cope with the eccentricities of her two guests: militant crusader Beatrice Arthur; and washed-up vaudevillian Benny...Read more
March 18, 1979
Mary's guests are Bonnie Franklin and Henny Youngman-but the show may not go on if Mary and Bonnie can't extricate themselves from...Read more
March 25, 1979
Guest Dick Van Dyke haggles with writers over sketches while Mary worries about a brush fire that's edging dangerously close to he...Read more
April 1, 1979
Mary is frankly in awe of guest star Gene Kelly, fearful that she won't be able to keep in step with him. Songs include a Gene Ke...Read more
April 8, 1979
Mary welcomes Johnny Mathis and an uninvited guest-her goddaughter Mary Ellen(Claudia Lonow), a stagestruck 16-year-old who hopes ...Read more
April 15, 1979
Housing problems beset Mary's circle: the house that guest Ken Howard rents at Mary's suggestion makes the House of Usher seem stu...Read more
April 22, 1979
Guest Hal Linden acts as peacemaker when Mary has a falling out with producer Harry(Michael Lombard) over a misquote in a gossip c...Read more
April 29, 1979
Mary and guest Linda Lavin are distracted during their performance by a televised awards ceremony-on which they are competing in t...Read more
May 6, 1979
Mary becomes exasperated with guest Nancy Walker, whose preoccupation with union business is disrupting rehearsals. Also: Kennet...Read more
May 13, 1979
Episode 11 of Season 1 premiered on May 13, 1979